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CVE-2024-4840

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-4840 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) director, where plaintext passwords can be inadvertently stored in log files. This exposes sensitive information to anyone with access to these logs, leading to a high confidentiality impact. The attack requires local access and low privileges, but no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Red HatRed Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2
All Versions ImpactedCNA affecteddefault affected
Red HatRed Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 For RHEL 9
Range not provided by sourceCNA affecteddefault affected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9Fixed in: openstack-tripleo-heat-templates-0:14.3.1-17.1.20240919130756.el9ost
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2Fixed in: rhosp-director

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-4840Moderate

rhosp-director: cleartext passwords exposed in logs

May 6, 2024

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:9978
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2024-4840
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi